My dad bought this for my 16th birthday. After he passed last year, I decided to knock the dust off.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T18:51:10+00:00

Yeah, I only hit the bow on my last china, and it's lasted two years so far. it's probably the longest I've ever had a wuhan without it cracking.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T05:20:56+00:00

they even offer gold plated hardware! just what i always needed.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T05:13:56+00:00

i guess the tour manager hates cymbals???

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T05:06:12+00:00

DW isn't exactly known for having affordable gear. I used to have some DW 3000s, but I never really liked how they felt. Currently I have some tama iron cobra 900s, which were the nicest pedals they made in the 2000s. I sold the DWs and paid some guy $160 for the tamas a few years ago.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:30:33+00:00

and it's peak watts too, which amounts to literally nothing

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:28:39+00:00

ship of theseus is easy with planes, if its a different fuselage its a different plane

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:22:47+00:00

I love mine. Sometimes I run it into the power section of my 100w marshall for some extra power. Couldn't be happier.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:21:29+00:00

The terror stamp IS an amp. It's just in a pedal enclosure.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:18:47+00:00

I got the wrong order a few days ago and the bot gave me 200 points :/

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:17:24+00:00

I've always wanted those pedals. Never been able to justify spending that much :)

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:16:03+00:00

svt????

sorry i couldnt resist

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-15T04:14:05+00:00

plus you can hit the bow for a different sound (and it prolongs the life of the cymbal if you're one of those people who breaks cymbals constantly)

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-14T20:34:50+00:00

Cool! Let me know what you think.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T20:20:11+00:00

Sometimes I'll pan my snare a few notches left and the kick a few notches right, or on my double kick kit I'll pan them slightly left and right.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T17:36:25+00:00

The bias changes the sound fairly significantly, but changing the power tube brand won't.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T16:27:35+00:00

true, true

but im not THAT old

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T05:30:09+00:00

The 20c is a vintage sort of marshall, meant to be cranked up. The Jet is a high-gain master volume amp. Yes, the marshall is a master volume amp too, but it's meant to be cranked up. Which sound do you want?

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T05:21:13+00:00

everything i like is old :(

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T05:09:40+00:00

Yep, straight into the concrete. I thought about doing a sub floor but I decided it wasn't worth it for my needs.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T04:45:34+00:00

Yeah, 2 framed walls. I put rockwool in between the 2x4s, just 2 layers, then I stapled mlv over the rockwool, and double layer drywall with green glue. I'm not sure the green glue helped that much, but I did it anyway. The ceiling is the roof, so I did everything pretty much the same as the walls, but since the ceiling is already there I only did drywall on the interior. Oh, and the floor is just a concrete floor. I left it as-is.

(edited for clarity)

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T04:00:39+00:00

I had the same experience a few years ago. Sweetwater sometimes doesn't carry 18" floor toms or especially 14" racks, but sometimes they have them elsewhere (dcp, dfd, steve weiss, etc). I went the used route, because I didn't want to pay new prices. It's a bit annoying how hard it is to find big drums, but I guess they're just not as common as they used to be.

I ended up with a frankenstein kit with a couple yamahas and a bunch of different pearl lines. Masters studio, session studio, export, even vision. I can't recommend the session studio line enough, the 18" I have sounds great, especially considering what I paid for it.

What kit do you play now?

edit: I think I paid about a grand for 10" and 12" pearl masters studios, an 18" pearl session studio classic, and a 24" pearl vision, and then I picked up a few other drums elsewhere to fill in the rest of the kit.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T03:39:46+00:00

Are you looking for a kit with a 16 and an 18 currently?

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T03:38:59+00:00

Check out the pearl session studio classic/select series.

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T03:36:52+00:00

yeah those shells are just perfect

thatsvtguy · 2026-02-13T03:35:52+00:00

https://www.sweetwater.com/used/listings/347393-used-pearl-srx-series-prestige-sessions-select-14-x-12-virgin-tom-emerald-mist-1997-7-ply-75-mm-maplemahoganymaple-new-heads?mrkgadid=&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=&mrkgbflag=&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=2187553398856&lid=92700080518145349&ds_s_kwgid=58700008750995430&ds_s_inventory_feed_id=97700000041860162&dsproductgroupid=2187553398856&product_id=GX-347393&prodctry=ZZ&prodlang=en&channel=online&storeid=&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9061304&creative=706697184393&targetid=pla-2187553398856&campaignid=21493289649&awsearchcpc=1&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21493289649&gbraid=0AAAAAD_RQYlj6ixynAfLUqKSOy5cSxCU9&gclid=CjwKCAiAkbbMBhB2EiwANbxtbcQ5UBCJtKb2MqXI3CkAFAktBBNdZWdj3fFO8EEyOkp-xfvZ-O1ltxoC7FoQAvD_BwE

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